Current world news highlights several high-tension conflicts and significant political developments. The Philippines accuses China of blocking medical evacuations, Ukraine reports a spike in civilian ...

At the bus station in Agadez, a town in northern Niger that serves as a gateway to the Sahara, a dozen men – their faces ...

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The Nigerien quartet’s latest album, Funeral for Justice, is a ferocious denouncement of colonialism and a tribute to the ...

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About 1,000 U.S. troops are still in Niger, mostly on an airbase near Agadez, some 920 kilometers (550 miles) away from the capital. Until recently, Washington considered Niger a key partner and ...

Fewer than 1,000 U.S. troops are still in Niger, mostly on an airbase near Agadez, some 920 kilometers (550 miles) away from the capital. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss ...

U.S. and Nigerien officials in Niamey extended official high-level talks into Friday to coordinate plans to withdraw all American military forces from the country. Christopher Maier, assistant ...

Demonstrators in Agadez, Niger, demand the withdrawal of U.S. troops during a protest in late April. (Issifou Djibo/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) A U.S. delegation will ...